Garment-fastener.



No. 655,982. Patented Aug. I4, |900. F. B. MATHEWSON.

GARMENT FASTENER.

(Application led Hay 11, 1900.) (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 655,982, dated August14, 1900.

Application tiled May 11| 1900. Serial No.16,34.2. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it muy concern.'

Be it known that I, FANNIE B. MATHEWsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city ofNew York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices of thehook-and-eye order; and the object is to provide a fastener of verysimple construction, comparatively cheap to manufacture, and that may bereadily applied to a garmentwithout'sewing, as is necessary withordinary hooks and eyes.

I will describe a garment-fastener embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part o fthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fastener embodying my invention. 'Fig2 is a plan view of the hook member thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on theline 3 3 ot' Fig. 2. Fig. 4t is a section on theyline /ttof Fig. 3. Fig.5 is a side view of the eye member. Fig. b' is a section on the line 6 6of Fig.,5, and Fig. 7 is a section showing a modification of thehooksection.

The fastener comprises a hook member A and an eye member B. The hookmember comprises a metal plate l0, terminating at one end in a hook 1l,and rearward of thehook are laterally extended wing portions 12,

`which serve materially to prevent any lateral rocking motion of thehook. Formed at at the rear edge of the4 plate are fabric-engagingpoints or hooks 13, which are spaced slightly from the under side of theplate and extend in a forward direction, as plainly indicated in thedrawings. While I have shown two of these engaging points, it is obviousthat a greater' or less number may be employed. Arranged on the lowerside of the plate and underneath the hook portion is a receiver 14C fora pin or the like. This receiver extends at right angles to theprojection of the hook, and it may be conveniently made by stamping outa portion of the plate, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The

the keeper 1S, as indicated in Fig. 5.

ends of this receiver terminate inward of the edge of the plate for apurpose to be hereinafter described. In Fig. 7 I have shown the receiveras a tube 14a, that may be soldered or otherwise secured to the platel0. It may be here stated that the points 13 may be integral with theplate or otherwise secured thereto, and they maybe of any desired shape.

The eye member B consists of a bar 15, adapted to be engaged by the hook11 and terminates at one end in a headed portion 16 and at the other endin a portion 17, which, like the portion 16, extends substantially atright angles to the body portion l5. The portion 17 terminates in ahook-shaped keeper 18, and the bend of this hook-shaped keeper4 issharpened or pointed, as at 19, so that-it may be easily forced throughcloth lor other material. Mounted to swingen the portion 16 is afastening-bar 20, and the free end of this fastening-bar is designed toengage in This bar 2O is mounted to swing substantially on a parallelplane with the bar or body portion 15,so that it may be movedsufficiently to one side to permit the bar or body portion 15 to beinserted through the clothor other material.

Secured'tov the free' end of the fasteningbar 2O is a guard-plate 2l,which when the eye is placed in position is designed to be bent over thepointed portion 19, Fig. 6, of the keeper, so as to prevent any possibleinjury therefrom. The dotted lines in Fig. 5 indicate the position ofthis Vguard-plate 2l before bending it over the point.

. To apply the hook member of the fastening device, the engaging points13 are to be hooked into the cloth, and then a pin 22 or similar deviceis to be inserted in the cloth at one side of the receiver 14., thenrpassed through the receiver, and engaged with the cloth at the oppositeend. The pointed end of the pin will be on the under side of the clothor between the body of the cloth and the lining therefor, so as to beAentirely hidden vfrom View, and the head portion will be hidden fromview by the projection of the plate beyond the end of the receiver, asclearly indicated in Fig. 2. By fastening the device by means of thepin, as described, itis obvious that the engaging points will beprevented from being withdrawn from the material and also that the ICO gceases hook end of the plate will be held firmly in position withrelation to the cloth or material.

In applying the eye portion the keeper end is first to be forced throughthe material from the under side and then carried over and insertedthrough the material from the .upper side, as indicated by the arrows inFig. 5. After this the fastening-bar 2O is to be turned and placed intoengagement with the keeper 18, Fig. 6, and then the guard-plate 2l is tobe turned over the pin 19, as shown in the drawings.

It is obvious that the two members of the fastening device may bequickly and readily applied to a garment and there is no danger of itsbeing broken away by strain, as is apt to happen when hooks and eyes aresewed on in the ordinary manner, as the thread is liable to break, thusreleasing the hook or eye.

For convenience the members of the fastener are shown much larger in thedrawings than they will be made for actual use. In practice they will bebut Very little larger than the ordinary hook and eye. The size,however, will depend upon the use to which the device is to be applied.If desired, a spring-tongue 10a may be employed in connection with thehook to prevent accidental detachment. The tongue may be stamped up outof the plate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a garment-fastener, a hook member, comprising ahook portion, anengaging point on the hook member, and a receiver for apin or the like on said'hook member, the receiver being approximately atright angles to the hook and underneath the same, substantially asspecified.

2. In a garment-fastener, a hook member, comprising a hook portion, anengaging point on the hook member, and a receiver for a pin or the likeon said hook member, the receiver being at approximately right angles tothe hook and terminating at its ends inward of the side edges of thehook, substantially as specified.

In a garment-fastener, a hook member, comprising a plate having a hookportion at one end, an engaging point at the rear edge of said plate andextended forward, and a receiver for a pin or the like, consisting 0f aportion of the plate extended downward underneath thc hook portion,substantially as specified.

4. A garment-fastener, comprising a plate having laterally-extendedwings, a hook on one end of said plate, engaging points on the oppositeend of said plate, and a pin-receiver in the form o f an elongated eye,consisting of a portion of the plate pressed outward below the hook,substantially as specified.

5. In a garment-fastener, au eye member consisting of a bar or bodyportion having a keeper at one end, the bend of said keeper beingsharpened at the outer edge, a fastening-bar mounted to swing on theopposite end of the body portion and to engage with the keeper, and aguard on the fastening-bar adapted to engage over said bend or sharpLened portion, substantially as specified.

(i. In a garment-fastener, an eye member comprising a bar or bodyportion, a fastening-bar mounted to swing on one end of said bar or bodyportion and on a horizontal plane therewith, a keeper-hook formed on theopposite end of said bar or body portion and adapted to receive the freeend of the fastening-bar, the said keeper-hook being sharpened at itsbend, and a guard-plate fastened to the free end of the fastening-barand adapted to engage over said sharpened portion of the keeper,substantially as specified.

7. A garment-fastener, comprising a hooksection and an eye-section, thesaid hook-section consisting of a plate terminating at one end in ahook, an engaging point on the opposite end of said plate, and areceiver for a pin or the like on said plate and underneath the hook,and the eye consisting of a bar or body portion, a fastening-bar mountedto swing ou the first bar or body portion, a keeper-hook on said bar orbody portion and adapted to receive the free end of the fastening-bar,the bend of said keeper-hook beingsharpened, and a guard-plate for saidsharpened portion, substantially as specified.

8. In a garment-fastener, an eye member, consisting of a bar or bodyportion, a keeper on said bar or body portion, the bend of said keeperbeing sharpened at the outer edge, and a fastening-bar mounted to swingrelatively to the body portion and to engage with the keeper,substantially as specified.l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FANN IE B. MATHEWSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK B. CARPENTER, 'EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

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